Over the past decade, China has earned itself a reputation as a bully in the South China Sea. Its relentless coast guard patrols, frequent maritime militia operations and regular naval deployments are well documented. Using these capabilities, China harasses foreign fishing boats, disrupts energy exploration attempts and ..
The US Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center (RDC) recently began conducting a month-long evaluation of unmanned surface vehicles (USV) and their ability to provide persistent maritime domain awareness in remote areas of the ocean. This evaluation is utilising contractor-owned, contractor-operated autonomous ..
Damen Shipyards Group has completed a project to convert the former platform supply vessel (PSV) World Opal into a fish feed carrier for Norwegian company Eidsvaag. The work on the since-renamed Eidsvaag Opal was carried out by Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam. The scope included extending the hull length by five metres and ..
This is always one of our most exciting and illuminating feature weeks. It is always fascinating to discover what imaginative, stylish and inventive new vessels the world’s naval architects have come up with. Of course, with Naval Architecture Week coinciding with Passenger Vessel Week, we have almost a double-dose of new ..
Modern hydroelectric power plants do not always protect fish better than conventional ones. In addition to the technologies employed, the specific location of the plant and the fish species being present at that location also play a role in fish protection. A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has ..
This month’s Fishing and Aquaculture Week is both inspiring and interesting. It is also encouraging because, after a long drought, we are seeing a continuation of the flow of newly built fishing and aquaculture service vessels practically worldwide. The vessels presented this week provide a clear affirmation of that fact ..
Hydrofoils have always seemed to have so much potential to enhance vessel performance but, except in very limited and specialised areas, they have never made a big ..
Russian shipyard Severnaya Verf has laid the keel for a new Project 170701 factory trawler ordered by local fishing company Norebo Group. Kapitan Korotich will be ..
The European Union and the government of Greenland have concluded negotiations for a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) and a new protocol that will ..
Olympic Prawn, a new factory trawler built by Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard, has departed on its delivery voyage to Olympic Seafood in Norway. Classed by DNV GL and ..
Russian shipyard Severnaya Verf has laid the keel for a new Project 170701 factory trawler ordered by local fishing company Norebo Group. Kapitan Korotich will be ..
The European Union and the government of Greenland have concluded negotiations for a new sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA) and a new protocol that will ..
Olympic Prawn, a new factory trawler built by Turkey’s Cemre Shipyard, has departed on its delivery voyage to Olympic Seafood in Norway. Classed by DNV GL and ..
Icelandic fishing company Útgerðarfélagið Norðureyri has taken delivery of a new longlining boat from local builder Trefjar. Einar Guðnason has a length of 15 ..
Fincantieri and the Italian National Association of Fishing Enterprises (Federazione Nazionale delle Imprese di Pesca; Federpesca) have entered into a memorandum of ..
Icelandic builder Trefjar has delivered two newbuild fishing vessels in a series to separate owners in northern Norway’s Nordland County. The 9.6-metre, GRP-hulled ..
French fishing company Via Ocean has taken delivery of a new steel/aluminium tuna seining vessel from Piriou. Built at Piriou’s Vietnam shipyard, Via Alizé has an ..
Norway’s Naval Consult has been awarded a contract to design a new seiner for local fishing company Arnøytind. The vessel will have an LOA of 50.24 metres, a beam ..
Baird Maritime is the media partner of Alamarin-Jet’s first annual online waterjet conference, which is being held next Tuesday, August 4, at 2:00 pm Singapore time ..
The US Coast Guard has stated that a formal marine casualty investigation has been convened into a recent vessel capsizing incident that resulted in the deaths of two ..
Best Crab Boat – Aodh Na Mara – Macduff Ship Design Presenting another remarkable multi-national ship building co-operation, Aodh Na Mara brought together a Scottish ..
Plying the waters of County Mayo in Ireland is a new crab boat custom-built by Ha Long Shipyard in Vietnam for Jonathan O’Donnell, local fisherman and owner of seafood ..
Norwegian pump manufacturer Framo has invested to become a joint partner with fish farming company Lingalaks in the company Stadion Laks. The two companies aim to ..
New research produced jointly by the Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and The Nature Conservancy (TNC), published recently ..
The Philippine government, through the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), is set to award a PHP500 million (US$10.4 ..
The UK National Federation of Fishermens’ Organisations (NFFO) has written to the leaders of main political parties, and to UK fisheries ministers and shadows, ..
Onezhsky Shipbuilding has laid the keel for a new vessel ordered by Russian Crab Company Group. The newbuilding will be the third in a series of seven vessels designed ..
Best Multi-Purpose Fishing Boat – Cape Arkona – Skipskompetanse and Baatbygg An ultra-modern Norwegian fishing ship, Cape Arkona will be a rare beast in Australian ..
“To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope On the face of it, the news for the towing industry is good this month. It has just been announced that, ..
The US Coast Guard has stated that a formal marine casualty investigation has been convened into a recent vessel capsizing incident that resulted in the deaths of two ..
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